diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/conf/SnifferConfigInitializer.java b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/conf/SnifferConfigInitializer.java
index 0aa984dc0..a8d97986e 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/conf/SnifferConfigInitializer.java
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/agent/core/conf/SnifferConfigInitializer.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class SnifferConfigInitializer {
*
* such as: Property key of `agent.service_name` should be `skywalking.agent.service_name`
*/
- private static void overrideConfigBySystemProp() throws IllegalAccessException {
+ private static void overrideConfigBySystemProp() {
Properties systemProperties = System.getProperties();
for (final Map.Entry